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Cape Silver snuff box - Johannes Lotter
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Reference: S185
Period: Victorian
Year: Circa 1860
Silversmith: Johannes Martinus Lotter
Place: Cape
Price: $ 260.00
Weight: 40 grams
Condition: Fair. Exterior good, but interior gilt in poor condition.
Description: A very typical Cape snuff box, relatively crude in comparison to its English counterparts. Rectangular, rounded corners, bright cut wrigglework enclosing initials ECP, gadrooned thumbpiece. Interior has gilt remnants. Very clear makers mark.
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Cape snuffbox
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Cape snuffbox (top)
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Hallmark and interior gilding showing wear
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Cape snuffbox (base)
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Thumb piece
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